seguidilla Hear it!

seguidilla definition

se·gui·dilla (seg′ə dēl′yə, sā′gə-; -dē′yə)

noun

  1. a fast Spanish dance, to the accompaniment of castanets
  2. the music for this dance, in 3/4 time
  3. a stanza of four to seven short lines, partly assonant, with a distinctive rhythm, orig. sung to this music

Etymology: Sp < seguida, a following < seguir, to follow < VL sequere: see segue

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Comments
Improve this definition.
Do you have more to add? Share your linguistic knowledge or observation.
/Register to save your comments.